Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses stealing material from other writers, and reads his poem, “Litany.” Ann BartowMarch 2, 2010March 2, 2010Art and Politics, Commons, Copyright Law, social norms Excerpt from a longer video that is accessible here. 1 thought on “Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses stealing material from other writers, and reads his poem, “Litany.”” Rebecca Tushnet March 2, 2010 at 9:21 am I adore Billy Collins, and that’s a wonderfully fun poem, though for titles you can’t beat his “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House.” http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/another-reason-why-i-don-t-keep-a-gun-in-the-hou/ He also has a fabulous poem about Smokey the Bear, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flames/, with a truly vicious last line. My favorite recent poetic borrowing–this from comic book culture, though–is Adam Ford’s “You Should Have Killed the Monkey First.” http://www.slope.org/archive/eleven/ford.html Comments are closed. previousI Want My PS3nextSackcloth and Ashes for Another Plagiarist
Rebecca Tushnet March 2, 2010 at 9:21 am I adore Billy Collins, and that’s a wonderfully fun poem, though for titles you can’t beat his “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House.” http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/another-reason-why-i-don-t-keep-a-gun-in-the-hou/ He also has a fabulous poem about Smokey the Bear, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flames/, with a truly vicious last line. My favorite recent poetic borrowing–this from comic book culture, though–is Adam Ford’s “You Should Have Killed the Monkey First.” http://www.slope.org/archive/eleven/ford.html
I adore Billy Collins, and that’s a wonderfully fun poem, though for titles you can’t beat his “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House.” http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/another-reason-why-i-don-t-keep-a-gun-in-the-hou/
He also has a fabulous poem about Smokey the Bear, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/flames/, with a truly vicious last line. My favorite recent poetic borrowing–this from comic book culture, though–is Adam Ford’s “You Should Have Killed the Monkey First.” http://www.slope.org/archive/eleven/ford.html
Comments are closed.